6th Dec, 2023 11:00

Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
Lot 26
 

26

A SOUTH INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR), 17TH/18TH CENTURY

with associated broad single-edged crucible steel blade double-edged towards the point, stamped with a brief inscription on one face, chiselled iron hilt decorated with a frieze of flowers at the principle borders and with pierced foliate details, comprising a pair of langets, quillons formed as bulbous flowerheads, figure-of-eight shaped guard of low V-section decorated with a pair of pierced flowerheads and rising to a broad knuckle-guard pierced with a lotus flower, and with recurved bud-shaped finial, large pommel with up-turned brim, pointed button decorated with foliage and integral grip, in a leather-covered wooden scabbard, 73.4 cm blade

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C103.

Sold for £750


 

with associated broad single-edged crucible steel blade double-edged towards the point, stamped with a brief inscription on one face, chiselled iron hilt decorated with a frieze of flowers at the principle borders and with pierced foliate details, comprising a pair of langets, quillons formed as bulbous flowerheads, figure-of-eight shaped guard of low V-section decorated with a pair of pierced flowerheads and rising to a broad knuckle-guard pierced with a lotus flower, and with recurved bud-shaped finial, large pommel with up-turned brim, pointed button decorated with foliage and integral grip, in a leather-covered wooden scabbard, 73.4 cm blade

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number C103.